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Not even the rain could stop the 600-plus runners who came to CERN on Sunday, 17 November, for a pre-Escalade training session
Relive last year’s TEDxCERN event through the videos now available online, two of which have been selected to feature on TED.com
From 15 January 2020, during periods of high atmospheric pollution, access to the centre of the Geneva agglomeration may be subject to temporary driving restrictions
Please note that the UNIQA office at CERN (Main Building) will be closed during the two-week end-of-year closure
Work to renovate CERN’s oldest accelerator continues as part of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project
A colloquium on 25 November will celebrate the anniversary of CERN’s oldest accelerator
